In this sweeping, definitive work, historian David Crowe offers an unflinching account of the long and troubled history of genocide and war crimes. From ancient atrocities to more recent horrors, he traces their disturbing consistency but also the heroic efforts made to break seemingly intractable patterns of violence and retribution.

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David M. Crowe is a professor of history and law at Elon University. He has been a Visiting Scholar at Columbia University's Harriman Institute and a fellow at UNC's Center for Slavic, Eurasian, and East European Studies. He has also taught at Central European University in Budapest. His most recent books include Crimes of State, Past and Present, The Holocaust: Roots, History, and Aftermath, A History of the Gypsies of Eastern Europe and Russia, and the definitive biography of Oskar Schindler.

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Crimes of War: Antiquity to the Middle Ages 2. War and Crimes in China and Post-Medieval Europe 3. Crimes and Colonialism 4. The Birth of the Modern Laws of War: Lieber to Versailles 5. Peace, Law, and the Crimes of World War II 6. The Nuremberg IMT Trial 7. The Tokyo IMT Trial 8. Post-World War II National Trials in Europe and Asia 9. The Genocide and Geneva Conventions: Lemkin, Tibet, Guatemala, and the Korean War 10. IHL: The Soviet-Afghan War, Saddam Hussein, Ad Hoc Tribunals, and Guantánamo Epilogue: The International Criminal Court